• Hitachi Energy India's Q4FY25 net profit surges 61.8% YoY to Rs 183.9 crore, driven by lower material costs and notional forex gains on export order delivery. Revenue increases 11.1% YoY to Rs 1,883.7 crore during the quarter. The company appears in a screener of stocks where mutual funds increased their shareholding over the past two months.

• Karnataka Bank falls sharply as its Q4FY25 net profit declines 8% YoY to Rs 252.4 crore due to higher employee benefits and interest expenses. However, revenue grows 2.5% YoY to Rs 2,686.7 crore, led by improvements in treasury operations and retail banking segments. The bank's asset quality improves as its gross and net NPAs decline 45 bps YoY and 27 bps YoY, respectively.

• Muthoot Finance's revenue grows 42.4% YoY to Rs 4,854.4 crore in Q4FY25, beating Forecaster estimates by 34.8%. Net profit increases 42.7% YoY to Rs 1,507.8 crore during the quarter. It appears in a screener of stocks with increasing revenue every quarter for the past eight quarters.

• According to the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) data, domestic two-wheeler sales stood at 14.6 lakh units in April. Passenger vehicle sales reached 3.5 lakh units, including 2 lakh utility vehicles and 91,148 cars.

  #NewsAlert | April SIAM Data: Domestic two-wheeler sales at 14.59 lk units; passenger vehicle sales at 3.48 lk units
  
  This is the update on domestic utility vehicle sales????
  
  @siamindia #auto pic.twitter.com/8jZVUAGOOA

  — ET NOW (@ETNOWlive) May 15, 2025

• Transport Corporation of India's Q4FY25 net profit grows 11.9% YoY to Rs 114.2 crore. Revenue increases 9.3% YoY to Rs 1,178.8 crore, driven by higher sales from the freight, supply chain solutions, and seaways segments during the quarter. The company appears in a screener of stocks with increasing revenue every quarter for the past three quarters.

• Jubilant Foodworks is falling as its Q4FY25 net profit declines 76.9% YoY to Rs 48 crore, caused by higher raw materials, inventory, employee benefits, and finance costs. However, revenue grows 32.6% YoY to Rs 2,113.9 crore, helped by new store additions and improvements in Domino's sales. It appears in a screener of stocks with a major fall in trailing twelve-month (TTM) net profit.

• Precision Wires India is rising as its board of directors schedules a meeting on May 17 to consider raising funds by issuing equity shares or other securities.

• Persistent Systems slips as its key client, UnitedHealth, faces challenges in its domestic market. According to Dolat Capital, UnitedHealth, part of Persistent’s $100 million-plus client group, is under investigation for potential Medicare fraud. The brokerage notes that 60% of Persistent Systems' FY25 revenue came from healthcare, but near-term growth is expected to be driven by non-healthcare clients.

  #PersistentSystems shares fall after key #US client faces major headwinds@hormaz_fatakia @VivekIyer72 https://t.co/yFzeoQOaRM

  — CNBC-TV18 (@CNBCTV18Live) May 15, 2025

• Lupin's Q4FY25 net profit grows 114.9% YoY to Rs 772.5 crore. Revenue increases 14.7 % YoY to Rs 5,724 crore, driven by higher sales in North America and other developed markets. The firm appears in a screener of stocks where mutual funds increased their stakes in Q4FY25.

• Tilaknagar Industries' Q4FY25 net profit surges 145.9% YoY to Rs 77.3 crore. Revenue increases 14.1% YoY to Rs 414.2 crore, driven by strong sales in southern markets. The firm appears in a screener of stocks where foreign institutional investors (FII) increased their stakes in Q4FY25.

• Apollo Tyres' Q4FY25 net profit declines 47.9% YoY to Rs 184.6 crore due to higher raw materials, inventory and employee benefits expenses. However, revenue grows 1.9% YoY to Rs 6,451.1 crore, helped by improvements in the Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Africa (APMEA) and European markets. It shows up in a screener of stocks with high promoter pledges.

• According to Bank of America's latest Asia Fund Manager Survey, India surpasses Japan as the most preferred equity market in Asia. With 42% of fund managers overweight on India, the country benefits from a global investment shift fueled by supply chain realignments and tariff-driven adjustments. Investors remain focused on infrastructure and consumption as the key investment themes.

  India has displaced Japan to become the most preferred equity market in Asia, according to Bank of America’s latest Asia Fund Manager Survey.https://t.co/R7Dz70F5ge

  — ETMarkets (@ETMarkets) May 14, 2025

• Kalpataru Projects is rising after securing orders worth Rs 2,372 crore across its Transmission & Distribution (T&D) and Buildings & Factories (B&F) businesses in India and overseas.

• Tata Power's Q4FY25 net profit grows 16.5% YoY to Rs 1,042.8 crore. Revenue increases 7.9% YoY to Rs 17,095.9 crore, driven by higher sales from the thermal & hydro, and transmission & distribution segments during the quarter. The company appears in a screener of stocks outperforming their industry price change in the quarter.

• Torrent Power's Q4FY25 net profit surges 146.3% YoY to Rs 1,059.6 crore, helped by lower fuel costs and tax returns of Rs 457.9 crore. However, revenue grows 0.8% YoY to Rs 6,570.7 crore due to reductions in the generation and renewables segments. It appears in a screener of stocks with high trailing twelve-month (TTM) earnings per share (EPS) growth.

• Eicher Motors' Q4FY25 net profit grows 27.3% YoY to Rs 1,362.2 crore. Revenue increases 23.2% YoY to Rs 5,261.5 crore, helped by higher Royal Enfield sales. It features in a screener of stocks with high momentum scores.

• Nifty 50 was trading at 24,622.70 (-44.2, -0.2%), BSE Sensex was trading at 81,354.43 (23.9, 0.0%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 22,483.10 (-16.4, -0.1%).

• Market breadth is in the green. Of the 2,004 stocks traded today, 1,231 were in the positive territory and 713 were negative.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Hero MotoCorp Ltd. (4,277.20, 5.2%), Linde India Ltd. (7,137.50, 4.4%) and Macrotech Developers Ltd. (1,371.40, 4.2%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Muthoot Finance Ltd. (2,092, -7.4%), Persistent Systems Ltd. (5,607, -2.6%) and Torrent Power Ltd. (1,417.90, -2.2%).

Volume Shockers

13 stocks in BSE 500 are trading on high volumes today.

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd. (842.30, 14.6%), eClerx Services Ltd. (2,995.90, 9.0%) and Ramkrishna Forgings Ltd. (622.90, 6.8%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Muthoot Finance Ltd. (2,092, -7.4%) and Jubilant Foodworks Ltd. (680.60, -1.9%).

Maharashtra Scooters Ltd. (12,189, 4.1%) was trading at 5.4 times of weekly average. Sanofi India Ltd. (6,306.50, 4.3%) and 3M India Ltd. (29,340, 0.2%) were trading with volumes 4.8 and 3.7 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

11 stocks hit their 52 week highs,

Stocks touching their year highs included - Bharat Electronics Ltd. (347.55, 0.9%), Coromandel International Ltd. (2,462.40, 2.5%) and JK Cement Ltd. (5,267.50, -0.8%).

25 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including eClerx Services Ltd. (2,995.90, 9.0%) and Cochin Shipyard Ltd. (1,810.30, 6.5%). 4 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Patanjali Foods Ltd. (1,771, -0.7%) and Cipla Ltd. (1,486.60, -0.6%).